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Owner description: Adventure through the skies and experience the true magic of Kaikoura. Wings Over Whales are a Qualmark endorsed visitor activity providing whale watching flights, scenic air tours and point to point private aircraft charter. The focus at Wings Over Whales is to deliver a friendly, high quality, boutique experience to all customers where the comfort and safety of each passenger is paramount. The company operate two aircraft; a 4-seater Cessna 172 as well as an 8-seater Gippsland Airvan. Both planes are high-winged allowing each passenger their own window seat and unobstructed views of Kaikoura’s marine wild life and majestic scenery. Wings Over Whales are situated at Kaikoura Airport, an 8km drive south from the town centre. Located in an inviting log cabin terminal, customers can enjoy great facilities with on-site gift shop, cafe and rest room facilities. In typical 30 minute flight you will see the majestic Sperm Whale preparing for his next dive and up to 500 Dusky Dolphins playfully swimming. Occasional sightings include Southern Right, Humpback, Fin, Sei, Brydes, Pilot, Southern Bottlenose and Blue Whales. Other, less frequent visitors to the area include Southern Right Whale, Orca and the endangered blue whale

Our pilot was Jesse and we had 5 x persons in our plane, the trip was half an hour and we saw 2 x sperm whales up close and 3 x sperm whales in the distance plus a couple of orca's and huge pods of dolphins. It was well worth doing and an amazing experience to be able to see the whole whale instead of just its tail.Excellent tour

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The Guys from "wings over whales" were very friendly from the first minute we arrived. In a short safety instruction our pilot Edward also told us everything you need to know about whales in Kaikura. It was very interesting and well explained. We also appreciate that he told us some names of the whales in german, since this can be kind of confusing. The flight was pleasant, so don't worry about feeling unwell. We saw many dolphins, one sperm whale and even one humpback whale. The chance of not seeing any whale is always given, but even without the whales the view on the coastline of kaikura is amazing.

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Although it is quite short (30 min) we were really happy ! The pilot (Edward) was funny and friendly and we saw plenty of dolphins and 3 whales showing up. Furthermore you will get an ice cream for free if you see a whale ;)

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